pets

A correctional officer was arrested after he forced his way into his brother’s home, grabbed a roommate’s pet snake and allegedly tore it in half…

Officers were called out to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon at 7:07 p.m. Monday…they arrived to find that the victim of the crime was not human, but actually a 3-foot-long boa constrictor, said Hanford Police Lt. George Hernandez.

The attack may have stemmed from an ongoing feud between suspect Ryan Bolen; his brother, Richard Bolen; and Richard’s roommate, Zachary Bates…

Just before 7 p.m., Ryan Bolen arrived at the home and pushed his way inside, assaulting his sister-in-law, Shirlene Bolen, in the process, witnesses said. He claimed to be there to pick up some items that “belonged to his children…” Bolen detoured into Bates’ room, grabbed the pet snake from its aquarium and ripped it in half,